Bigler Graves

Bigler Graves is a Pennsylvania historical marker in SE of Greenville, Mercer County, dedicated 1946.

PA 58 (628 Mercer Rd.) at Salem Rd., SE of Greenville

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Jacob and Susan Bigler, parents of two governors, are buried here. Their son William was Governor of Pennsylvania, 1852-55; and their son John, Governor of California, 1852-56.

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1848 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1850 · State Of Ohio (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1851 · Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland en Virginia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1855 · A new map of the State of Ohio (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1860 · Ohio (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland en Virginia, 1851, covering the location of Bigler Graves, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland en Virginia, 1851, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Bigler Graves

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